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PrincessSassy · 04-20-2013, 08:34 AM

I can't seem to get Nibblet trained! She has a wee-wee pad in her room where she sleeps at night. She sleeps in the Master Bathroom in her puppeh Shangrila. Sometimes I put her in her crate and bring her out to sleep with me, but I don't like doing that because it keeps her away from her wee-wee pad if I do. (Of course, if she barks, I'm up and she goes into the bathroom for her wee-wee pad.) She can't sleep in the bed with me because the bed is high off the ground, and she's just under three pounds. If she falls out of the bed, she'll die.

ANYWAY, I bring her downstairs, and either one of three things will happen:

1.) if she hasn't gone potty, I let her out in the back yard (when I say, "let her out", she's on a lead, with me, and I never leave her side. I check the trees for hawks, etc., and make sure the gate is locked before her feet even touch the ground), we either go for a walk (if I'm dressed), or I bring her downstairs, put her in the powder room with a wee-wee pad, tell her to "do her business", and let her out when she's done.

2.) I have a pad holder for her in the MB. She'll use her wee-wee pad in the holder there. If I use a pad holder with pad anywhere else in the house, she won't use it.

3.) She sometimes pees on the wee-wee pad, and poop off of it, which is fine in the powder room - not when she does it on the carpet AFTER I've let her out. In the MB, she pees and poops on the wee-wee pad which is in a pad holder.

4.) She will only use the wee-wee pad in the Master Bathroom, and mostly in the downstairs powder room, but she will ONLY use the wee-wee pad in the powder room if I put her in there, and close the door. She will NOT use the wee-wee pad in the powder room downstairs when she needs to go - she's using the carpet. The spot carpet shampooer is getting a real workout!

What am I doing wrong?

Am I not walking her enough? How do I get her to consistently use her wee-wee pad if we don't go out? (Nibblet does NOT do walks in the rain or snow - she's made that very clear!

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I'm a bad Mommy. How do I mend the error of my ways?

04-20-2013, 08:34 AM	#11
PrincessSassy Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Princeton Posts: 56	I am a BAD MOMMY I can't seem to get Nibblet trained! She has a wee-wee pad in her room where she sleeps at night. She sleeps in the Master Bathroom in her puppeh Shangrila. Sometimes I put her in her crate and bring her out to sleep with me, but I don't like doing that because it keeps her away from her wee-wee pad if I do. (Of course, if she barks, I'm up and she goes into the bathroom for her wee-wee pad.) She can't sleep in the bed with me because the bed is high off the ground, and she's just under three pounds. If she falls out of the bed, she'll die. ANYWAY, I bring her downstairs, and either one of three things will happen: 1.) if she hasn't gone potty, I let her out in the back yard (when I say, "let her out", she's on a lead, with me, and I never leave her side. I check the trees for hawks, etc., and make sure the gate is locked before her feet even touch the ground), we either go for a walk (if I'm dressed), or I bring her downstairs, put her in the powder room with a wee-wee pad, tell her to "do her business", and let her out when she's done. 2.) I have a pad holder for her in the MB. She'll use her wee-wee pad in the holder there. If I use a pad holder with pad anywhere else in the house, she won't use it. 3.) She sometimes pees on the wee-wee pad, and poop off of it, which is fine in the powder room - not when she does it on the carpet AFTER I've let her out. In the MB, she pees and poops on the wee-wee pad which is in a pad holder. 4.) She will only use the wee-wee pad in the Master Bathroom, and mostly in the downstairs powder room, but she will ONLY use the wee-wee pad in the powder room if I put her in there, and close the door. She will NOT use the wee-wee pad in the powder room downstairs when she needs to go - she's using the carpet. The spot carpet shampooer is getting a real workout! What am I doing wrong? Am I not walking her enough? How do I get her to consistently use her wee-wee pad if we don't go out? (Nibblet does NOT do walks in the rain or snow - she's made that very clear!) I'm a bad Mommy. How do I mend the error of my ways?